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2018 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
Subcommittee #2

Black (Chairman), Barker, Ebbin, Reeves, DeSteph, Suetterlein, Mason

Clerk: Eric Bingham
Staff: Brooks Braun, Amigo Wade
Date of Meeting: February 1, 2018
Time and Place: 10 AM/Pocahontas Bldg., Subcommittee Room #1, 5th floor

S.B. 459 Governor's Secretaries; reporting substance abuse data and information.

Patron: Edwards

Governor's Secretaries; reporting substance abuse data and information. Requires every Secretary to identify an agency within his secretariat to receive such data and information related to substance abuse as the Secretary may specify and requires every agency in a secretariat to report such data and information to the identified agency.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-200 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Governor's Secretaries; reporting substance abuse data and information.

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S.B. 580 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; amends Act to facilitate sharing data.

Patron: Hanger

Data collection and dissemination; governance. Amends the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act to facilitate the sharing of data among agencies of the Commonwealth and between the Commonwealth and political subdivisions. The bill also creates an Office of Data Governance, housed in the office of the Secretary of Technology, to (i) develop guidelines regarding data usage, storage, and privacy and (ii) generally oversee and assist with data sharing in the Commonwealth to promote the usage of data in improving the delivery of services.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3800, 2.2-3801, and 2.2-3803 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-225.2, relating to data collection and dissemination; governance.

18103234D

S.B. 719 Substance Abuse Data Sharing and Analytics Clearinghouse; established, report.

Patron: Dunnavant


Data sharing; substance abuse data. Establishes a Substance Abuse Data Sharing and Analytics Clearinghouse (the Clearinghouse), to be administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Resources in consultation with the Substance Abuse Data Sharing and Analytics Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee), also created by the bill. To the extent allowed by federal law, state and local health and human services and public safety agencies are required to provide data to the Clearinghouse to be used for data analytics and analysis related to improving the efficiency and efficacy of the treatment and prevention of substance abuse, with a focus on opioid addiction and abuse. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources may also enter into agreements with private entities and public institutions of higher education to further the goals of the Clearinghouse. The bill requires the Secretary to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the results achieved through the use of the Clearinghouse, including the identification of cost savings and policy recommendations.

The Advisory Committee shall have 14 members, consisting of three members of the House of Delegates, two members of the Senate, the Secretaries of Health and Human Resources, Public Safety and Homeland Security, and Technology, and six nonlegislative citizen members representing local government, the medical profession, and community services boards. The Advisory Committee is charged with advising on all matters related to the Clearinghouse.

The bill also makes changes to the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act to codify that data sharing among state and local agencies in certain circumstances is a proper use of personal data.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3800, 2.2-3801, and 2.2-3803 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 2.2-213.6 and 2.2-213.7, relating to data sharing; substance abuse data.

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S.B. 830 Virginia Open Data Initiative Act; created, report.

Patron: Barker

Virginia Open Data Initiative Act. Creates the Virginia Open Data Initiative Act to increase public awareness of and access to the data created by and available from state agencies. The bill provides for appointment by the Governor of a Chief Data Officer to oversee the establishment of procedures, standards, and best practices regarding the appropriate access and presentation of open data and datasets by each agency. The Chief Data Officer shall develop a dataset format standard to be used by all agencies when providing their datasets to the Chief Data Officer or when making their data available on their own websites and shall ensure that, under the standard, the datasets are accessible in a nonproprietary, machine-readable format that is compliant with state and federal law. The bill also provides for the Chief Data Officer to submit by December 31, 2019, a written report to the Governor and the General Assembly consisting of (i) the progress made on the implementation of the provisions of the bill, (ii) the effectiveness in providing open data and datasets to the public and among agencies, and (iii) the feasibility of expanding the open data initiative to the legislative and judicial branches of government.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 2.2 a chapter numbered 37.1, consisting of sections numbered 2.2-3715 through 2.2-3721, relating to Virginia Open Data Initiative Act.

18102965D